What did Larry Silverstein mean by "Pull It"?, page 4
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reply posted on 13-12-2008 @ 01:00 PM by ashamedamerican
Originally posted by pinch
Wow. Its quite obvious you don't like it when someone disagrees with your comments.

As far as the Silverstein comment, if I am not able to provide example of other, similar claims from the troother groups, what is the use of a discussion board? Invisible planes, nuclear bombs, holograms and space-based destructo weapons have all been put forth and indeed are current theories of causal events of 9/11 put forth by those who claim to be searchers of "truth".

I am not derailing anything, "trolling", insulting anyone (unless you do not have the power of your beliefs), and I don't think you should be the arbiter of "inappropriate comments".

So, for the record, I believe that claiming that Silverstein told the whole world on global television that Building 7 was demolished by pre-positioned explosives makes as much sense as nuclear bombs, invisible planes, holograms and space-based destructo beams.

I don't like it when someone uses classic disinfo baiting tactics to attempt to ridicule someone's statements rather than attempt to refute the information provided, which is what you do.

As for Silverstein's comments I have already shown that the firefighters who contradict Silverstein's comments were clearly lying about at least one fact, in a court of law if a witness has been proved to be lying their whole testimony must be thrown out, why should we treat their lies any different?

Again for your comment about us "troothers":
1g.) Political Baiting: You will not engage in politically-charged rhetoric, politically-inspired name-calling, and related right-versus-left political bickering while posting in any topical forum or discussion thread on AboveTopSecret.com. You will not alter political candidate names or party affiliations in order to insult or deride the opposition. i.e. "Shrillary", "McSame", "Obamanazi's", "Repukelicans", etc...

As for "Invisible planes, nuclear bombs, holograms and space-based destructo weapons" I don't believe that anyone besides you have mentioned these here, neither do they have anything to do with this thread topic. It's a clear attempt to ridicule and belittle, change your tactics or leave the thread.

As far as me being the "arbiter of inappropriate comments," I don't see the mods doing anything about it, so I'm taking it into my own hands until they do.

And for your comment "I believe that claiming that Silverstein told the whole world on global television that Building 7 was demolished by pre-positioned explosives makes as much sense as nuclear bombs, invisible planes, holograms and space-based destructo beams."
That is wonderful that you believe this but we are having a discussion about the facts of the situation which can be backed up by evidence, proof, and references, not our beliefs. As I stated before if you're going to attempt to contradict anything that has been said here people may actually take it as a constructive addition to the thread, but if you're here to point fingers to ridicule and belittle just leave the thread.



reply posted on 13-12-2008 @ 01:08 PM by ashamedamerican
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I have already shown that the firefighters who contradict Silverstein's comments were clearly lying about at least one fact, in a court of law if a witness has been proved to be lying their whole testimony must be thrown out, why should we treat their lies any different?


reply posted on 13-12-2008 @ 01:30 PM by GenRadek
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About the only thing I could find of demolition using thermate is placing the thermate grenade on the object to be destroyed or disabled. This is what is usually meant by "demolition" in the military. Placing a grenade down the barrel of a cannon, placing one on the engine of a jeep/tank/plane/weapons cache/etc is how the usually do it. Its very hard to find anything on using thermate in building demolition. Its an incendiary, not an explosive. You can't control the thermite/ate once it starts.

Plus I don't know if anyone saw this or mentioned it but, they couldn't even cut an SUV in half with 1,000lbs of thermite on Mythbusters.
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reply posted on 13-12-2008 @ 01:37 PM by ashamedamerican
Originally posted by GenRadek
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About the only thing I could find of demolition using thermate is placing the thermate grenade on the object to be destroyed or disabled. This is what is usually meant by "demolition" in the military. Placing a grenade down the barrel of a cannon, placing one on the engine of a jeep/tank/plane/weapons cache/etc is how the usually do it. Its very hard to find anything on using thermate in building demolition. Its an incendiary, not an explosive. You can't control the thermite/ate once it starts.

Thermite grenades and thermite or thermate cutting charges are not the same.
As for thermire ir thermate being incendiary and not an explosive, it actually can be explosive, check out the research of Steven Jones and he explains this in detail. The best simple and quick explanation I can give is, if the ingredients are fine enough it does become explosive.


reply posted on 13-12-2008 @ 01:50 PM by nyarlathotep
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That doesn't really answer my question, but that's OK. I guess I was trying to play devil's advocate by asking why wouldn't demolition companies employ the same method that brought down WTC7, if it was indeed thermate.

It just seems like a lot of work for demo companies to spend a couple of months preparing a building for demolition if all they can do is use thermate charges without all of the prep work. You would agree that WTC7 did not have the traditional prep work done that demo companies do to bring down buildings, right?

FYI: I don't believe the official story.


reply posted on 13-12-2008 @ 01:58 PM by Kratos1220
Wikipedia on Thermite


A classic military use for thermite is disabling artillery pieces, and has been used commonly for this purpose since the Second World War. Thermite can permanently disable artillery pieces without the use of explosive charges and therefore can be used when silence is necessary to an operation.

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Thermite usage is hazardous due to the extremely high temperatures produced and the extreme difficulty in smothering a reaction once initiated. The thermite reaction releases dangerous ultra-violet (UV) light requiring that the reaction not be viewed directly, or that special eye protection (for example, a welder's mask) be worn. Small streams of molten iron released in the reaction can travel considerable distances and may melt through metal containers, igniting their contents. Additionally, flammable metals with relatively low boiling points such as zinc, whose boiling point of 907 °C (1665 °F) is about 1370 °C (2500 °F) below the temperature at which thermite burns, could potentially boil superheated metal violently into the air if near a thermite reaction, where it could then burst into flame as it is exposed to oxygen. Preheating of thermite before ignition can easily be done accidentally, for example by pouring a new pile of thermite over a hot, recently-ignited pile of thermite slag. When ignited, preheated thermite can burn almost instantaneously, releasing a much greater amount of light and heat energy than normal and causing burns and eye damage at what would normally be a reasonably safe distance. The thermite reaction can take place accidentally in industrial locations where abrasive grinding and cutting wheels are used with ferrous metals. Using aluminium in this situation produces an admixture of oxides which is capable of a violent explosive reaction.[3] Mixing water with thermite or pouring water onto burning thermite can cause a phreatomagmatic explosion, spraying hot fragments in all directions.


Wikipedia on Super Thermite


Super Thermite

A super-thermite is a chemical mixture containing an oxidizer and a reducing agent which undergoes a very powerful exothermic reaction when heated to a critical temperature. What separates super-thermites from traditional thermites is that the oxidizer and a reducing agent, normally iron oxide and aluminum are not a fine powder, but rather nanometer-sized particulates. This dramatically increases the reactivity relative to micrometre-sized powder thermite.


If you wanted to take down a building without the dozens of explosions making a demolition completely obvious, thermite certainly seems to be the best way to cut through metal without making any noise. Super-thermite is particularly interesting and I doubt the Mythbusters would have access to anything remotely close to the power of super thermite. If normal thermite burns at over 4000 degrees, then super thermite with it's increased reactivity would burn hot enough to melt through metal easily. If anyone would know how to formulate and use super thermite in this way, it would be the government.

There's certainly no way that burning office supplies and ceiling tiles would melt metal no matter how long it burned nor would the rubble still be over 1000 degrees a week later. They don't produce molten metal puddles either which thermite does. It all seems to point to the use of thermite. Demolition crews wouldn't use thermite all the time for demolitions because they have nothing to hide when they blow up aged buildings that no one cares about. There's no reason to do that discreetly which is not the case with 9/11.


reply posted on 13-12-2008 @ 01:59 PM by GenRadek
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Were these the red chips he was talking about?

However I find his research a little flawed. The whole sulfur thing is a little preposterous because he doesn't take into account the gypsum from the decaying drywall, nor the oil from the tanks as sources.

With respect to thermite "evidence" found, why havent any samples of the steel shown temperatures at or above 4,000F?

[edit on 12/13/2008 by GenRadek]


reply posted on 13-12-2008 @ 02:08 PM by ashamedamerican
BBC report that WTC had collapsed while it was still standing.

WTC 7 demolition countdown witness.

Larry Silverstein's "pull it" comment.

Why is it so hard to believe that he didn't mean to pull the building, given the evidence from that day?
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